It’s Easter soon, finally. The one day of the year (or one of the days anyway) you can guiltlessly gorge on Lindt bunnies, get sick on Creme Eggs, and fill your pockets with Mini Eggs. It’s all about that chocolate, am I right? Google agrees with me. After typing in ‘Easter’ on Google images, I […]
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The commercialism of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day: the holiday plonked in between Christmas and Easter to help us forget that it is cold and grey. Valentine’s Day splits us into two groups. Those of us who are secure in the knowledge that we will be spending the holiday with that special someone, and those of us who aren’t. Loved up […]
The Needle and the Damage Undone
The link between creative thought and drug use is a long one. From the Soma-soaked Vedas, to the Romantic poets’ use of opium, artistic and philosophical creation has nestled with perception altering substances across history and culture. Culture has treated the modern musical artist in a similar mystical vein as the authors of posterity: as possessing […]